Chapters 7-11

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Assignment:

"We didnt't say a word to each other. We all knew what had happened."
One of the final words in chapter 11 that Ishmael remembers from Gasemu's death has a loaded meaning that extends beyond the surface. How did you interpret this line? What happened to this boy and what makes this child different than Ishmael?